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Pediatric hypophosphatasia: lessons learned from a retrospective single-center chart review of 50 children.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 18 Aug 2020
Vogt Marius, Girschick Hermann, Schweitzer Tilmann, Benoit Clemens, Holl-Wieden Annette, Seefried Lothar, Jakob Franz, Hofmann Christine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare, inherited metabolic disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the ALPL gene that encodes the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase TNAP (ORPHA 436). Its clinical presentation is highly heterogeneous with a remarkably wide-ranging severity. HPP affects patients of all ages. In children HPP-related musculoskeletal symptoms may mimic rheumatologic conditions and...
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